miraclemet

That must have been some pm!

I came here wondering the same thing....

Bout the only thing I'd do different would be to let the potential buyers know that you've made the offer to multiple parties and whoever takes it first will be the winner. And that's not to say you did anything wrong.

Doesn't sound too complicated. Seller made an offer to multiple potential buyers, buyer1 accepted via PM and then posted to the thread first before buyer2's pm take. At least that's how it reads....

Yep! Got it and while i was happy to add it, I wondered if there might be someone with one of the other GL books that'd be interested I a swap, if not I still end up pretty dang happy!

Looking to recieve in trade any of the following books also signed by Darwyn Cooke CGC SS. Green Lantern #37 Green Lantern Corps #37 New Frontier #6 Prefer 9.8, but would consider a trade for a 9.6.

Up for trade (valued at $500, cause that's what it'd cost for me to go buy the trade targets on eBay) Green Lantern #47 (Polybagged Edition) Harley's Black Book color Variant Signed by Darwyn on Harley's thigh.

First the Miraclemet Rules The Rules: Whatever happens in marketplace, stays in marketplace. No wait, wrong rules, hold on… here they are: NO PL/HOS members. I also reserve the right to not sell to/trade with someone with justification. If you have outstanding payments past due to other members, don’t commit to buying my book, pay your bills! "I'll take it" in a thread will always supersede any active negotiations in PM or emails. In the case of a tie, time stamps and screen shots win. Payments: Paypal is perfectly acceptable. Purchases over $1,000, check/mo preferred. Checks must clear before shipping...usually 3 business days max! Payment plans available; please PM me to discuss Shipping: I ship USPS Priority mail M-W-F, so you will receive your books quickly. CGC books (up to 5) will be $15 to US, $40 to Canada. In the case of trades I will pay for both parties shipping since I am the one looking to do the trade. Refunds: There will be no dis-satisfaction based refunds since books are graded by a third party and I'm gonna provide a butt ton of pictures. If book is damaged/lost in shipping, we will work together. Book will be insured for value. Trades: As this is a trade thread, I will list a BIN price, it will be high and not based on the market. I reserve the right to reject a trade offer of my requested books. I will prioritize the books I'm looking for in trade. If you are interested in trading you can post the trade offer in the thread, and I'll come in and accept/reject. If there are multiple open trade offers from multiple people I have the right to accept the later offer (so there's basically no "first come first serve" in this scenario, though I will make an effort to respond in a timely manner. You can also DM trade offers. Any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out.

It's a little thing, but apparently they've recently changed their advanced search function so now you can't search for completed auctions and limit it to those auctions with X number of bids (say 2 or more bids). I've always used that function to look at sold comps in competitive auctions, so to weed out the old "start an auction at what is really a BIN price and get one bid to sell it". *sigh*

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Gutted for Gorge and his family. I'm considering to still have the books I subbed graded in the universal Perez label even thought there will be no signing.

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the goal of the Signing event announcement is to solicit submission. If they listed accurate TATs they would get fewer submission. That is all /end

The prevalent auction houses are also fine, but you're often paying market highs for books you want, but it's an auction so the market is setting the price as oppose to trying to reason with someone over their astronomically overpriced BIN price. Auction houses worth checking out: Heritage Auctions, ComicLink, ComicConnect (these are the top 3) also Hakes has less frequent auctions, but some good stuff when they do (they do all collectibles, not just comics). Collect what you love and you'll never be unhappy.

Here. Literally right here. In the CGC message board marketplace. https://boards.cgccomics.com/forum/63-comics-market-forum-only-selling-area/ Best place in the world to buy and sell.

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Ugh, so disappointed. Guy posted 4 Bravestarr MIB figures on ebay. He had zero feedback and listed them weirdly (did them like a quantity buy, though they were numbered, and each had varying degrees of damage. He also had "no returns" listed, but I figured Im still covered, so lets give it a shot. I asked for more pictures (there was only a front shot and a back shot), but after one BIN hit (and I was worried they had asked for the one I was targeting) I decided to go forward and roll the dice. #3 seemed to be in pretty great shape, with only slight creasing to the box, so I hit the BIN and specified #3. Fast forward to today, and it showed up YAY! I open the box, and discover that there are a few more creases than apparent in the picture (but I could live with it) but there's also a perfectly straight almost box length cut (looks like a "opening the case of toys with a boxcutter" down the side of the box. I contact the seller and open a return saying that there was undisclosed damage, and wanted to return. I really do try to find mint boxes so this doesnt meet my threshold. Guy messages me back and says that "when it left it did not have a cut down the side" I'm like "please don't imply that I did the damage. I've submitted a return request based on the item not arriving as described, please process it" (the side of the toy box with the cut is not the side facing the edge that I cut when I opened the package, so that'd require one magic boxcutter....) ugh, new sellers... Back to the hunt for a minty Bravestarr MIB.

I swear I remember them specifying leaf casting in the past on labels, but dont know if they still specify it or if it all gets lumped in to "pieces added" (since one of the ways the piece can be added is by leafcasting the piece back on, but I guess "pieces added" could be added using tape as well...

Saw this book recently How the heck is a married back cover considered "Conserved?" Is it because there's no such thing as Conserved/Qualified? (I assume a married back cover would typically get a "Qualified" grade with a "Married" notation on the label. Or it would get a full on "Restored" label, since adding a back cover would definitely count as "adding pieces" (a REALLY big piece! :D) I also assume the "pieces added to cover, interior" were leaf casting to attach and reinforce the married back cover. So again I ask how is that conservation and not restoration?!?! Also it's a little weird to consider a book "conserved" when it has only been partially conserved. The amount of staining (maybe mold) on the cover would make me think this a prime candidate for cover cleaning to limit the possibility of further damage from the mold/staining, which would be conservation. I could be wrong on this, someone may have assessed the book and determined that the staining was such that there were no conservation to be done. I was thrilled with the addition of the "Conserved" designation to delineate vs Restored, but now Im seeing examples of work being done on books that I would think counts as restoration instead getting a conservation label and not being able to understand the rationale...

What cleaning constitutes conservation rather than restoration? My understanding is that acts of conservation are done to halt the process of degradation of the book. Example: Putting a tear seal on a tear halts that tear from growing as it has created a weak point in the paper that could be easily further ripped. What cleaning halts degradation? The only thing I can think is if there's mold and the cleaning was to remove the mold...